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When it says on the realistic scientist list "Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian (and others in the series)" are all books in the series ok to read?
Would Chaos: The Making of a New Science be ok for this task? BPL says it's 003, which I can't place.
Yes, I think it made that list because of Stephen Maturin, a naval surgeon, which must be the source of the science part. I haven't read them.
Connie wrote: "BPL says it's 003..."That brings up a question for me. If I am reading a book from the task's list, do I have to be concerned about BPL and Lexile points?
You always have to be aware of BPL and Lexile, for every book for every task. However, keep in mind that books that are YA and less than 800 lexile are allowed for all 10- and 20-point tasks, but are not eligible for style points.
Connie wrote: "Would Chaos: The Making of a New Science be ok for this task? BPL says it's 003, which I can't place...."DD# 000 Computer science, knowledge & systems:
003 Systems
And, unfortunately it will not work for this task as the Dewey decimal number does not fall into the 500 range.
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "You always have to be aware of BPL and Lexile, for every book for every task. However, keep in mind that books that are YA and less than 800 lexile are allowed for all 10- and 20-point tasks, but are not eligible for style points."OK, thanks, Elizabeth.
The Periodic Table by Primo Levi is on the Lab Lit list but it is shelved at BPL as call number 854L. I am guessing that makes it not acceptable even though it was on the suggested list. Correct?
No, not correct. If it is on the list it is automatically accepted.
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "No, not correct. If it is on the list it is automatically accepted."Just mark me as ditsy today! (mumbling...I will get this figured out, I will get this figured out...) LOL
Not to worry, Bea. We've had a lot of different sorts of things going on in the last couple of days.
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Yes, I think it made that list because of Stephen Maturin, a naval surgeon, which must be the source of the science part. I haven't read them."I read the first one (which I quite enjoyed), but haven't gotten around to the other ones in the series, so yay for that!
Thanks, Liz, I will find another place for that then.
Is anything in the 500-599 range permissible, then, or only books with 500?I have this pencilled in right now: How I killed Pluto - yay or nay?
Anything in the 500-599 range. So, How I killed Pluto is acceptable. (How I Killed Plato probably isn't acceptable, since I couldn't find it in the library).
Would James Patterson's Women's Murder Club Series count for this task? The WMC consists of 4 professional women at the top of their male dominated professions that work together to solve ?????Guess???, murders. The narrator is Lindsey a Homicide cop, Cindy is a reporter, Jill is the DA and Clare is the medical examiner. The chapters go from member to member but only Lindsey's accounts are in fist person.
Rebekah wrote: "Would James Patterson's Women's Murder Club Series count for this task? The WMC consists of 4 professional women at the top of their male dominated professions that work together to solve ?????Gues..."You need to choose books from the specified lists or from the Dewey Decimal classification.
Whoops! The way it is worded I thought the task gave 3 choices;Read a book on the list, or a novel with a realistic scientist or in the Dew Decimal classification
The "realistic scientist" in the task is a link to a list of books.
Sorry. Getting to excited about the new challenge I guess!
Hello! So, I checked out this book from the 500 section of my library today: The Barmaid's Brain and Other Strange Tales from Science. I went to check the DD number in the BPL catalog, since a number of books have had different classifications at my library than the BPL catalog so I just wanted to make sure it would fit...and it doesn't seem to be listed. Would the DD classification from my local library count since I can't seem to find the DD number for the BPL?Thanks!
Would A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking work. It has the right dewey at my library but does it at the Brooklyn?
This is the link to the BPL library catalog. (I have it bookmarked.) The Hawking book has a DDC of 523.1, so fits this category.
Would The Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World by Edward Dolnick fit? My library had it at DD 509.409 . However, BPL has it as Biography - Sir Isaac Newton. At first I thought that meant it wouldn't fit. Then I started thinking --- Sir Isaac Newton was a real scientist (apples, gravity), maybe it will still fit? Thanks all!
Deedee wrote: "Would The Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World by Edward Dolnick fit? My library had it at DD 509.409 . However, BPL has it as Biography - Sir Is..."The scientist part has to be on the lists that are linked, and the BPL needs to classify the book in the 500s. As such, this doesn't fit.
Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Deedee wrote: "Would The Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World by Edward Dolnick fit? My library had it at DD 509.409 . However, BPL has it as Bio..."Ah, well, Edward Dolnick is an American who lives near Washington, D.C.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_D...
so I can use it for 10.2
Deedee wrote: "Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Deedee wrote: "Would The Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World by Edward Dolnick fit? My library had it at DD 509.409 . ..."And it looks like he has a rather interesting book
The Forger's Spell: A True Story of Vermeer, Nazis, and the Greatest Art Hoax of the Twentieth Century, which has nothing to do with this task, but it's intriguing and wouldn't have seen it had you not asked. So thank you.
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The Forger's Spell: A True Story of Vermeer, Nazis, and the Greatest Art Hoax of the Twentieth Century (other topics)The Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World (other topics)
A Brief History of Time (other topics)
The Barmaid's Brain And Other Strange Tales From Science (other topics)
The Periodic Table (other topics)
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Edward Dolnick (other topics)Edward Dolnick (other topics)
Stephen Hawking (other topics)
Read a book on the Lab Lit list, a novel with a realistic scientist (novels only - not the films, plays or TV programs), OR a non-fiction book with a Dewey decimal number in the 500-599 range.